Islamic Rules on Menstruation and Postnatal Bleeding

by Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips

Islamic Rules on Menstruation and Post-natal Bleeding presents the legal verdicts regarding the major and sometimes problematic issues regarding ritual purity, impurity, personal hygiene and the female reproductive cycle. Dr. Bilal Philips has researched and compiled a body of hadiths that relate directly to this topic. A lengthy chapter is devoted to the rulings of the eminent scholar of jurisprudence Shaykh Ibn al-‘Uthaymeen, much of whose writings on this topic are well known to Arabic speakers, and are here available in English in one comprehensive volume.

Genres: Islam, Religion

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips was born in Jamaica, but grew up in Canada where he accepted Islam in 1972. He completed a diploma in Arabic and a B.A. from the College of Theology (Usool-ud-Deen) at the Islamic University of Madeenah in 1979. At the University of Riyadh, College of Education, he completed a M.A. in Islamic Theology in 1985 and in the department of Islamic Studies at the University of Wales, U.K. he also completed a Ph.D. in Islamic Theology in 1994. He taught Islamic Education and Arabic in private schools in Riyadh for over ten years and for the past three year he has been lecturing M.Ed. students in the Islamic Studies department of Shariff Kabunsuan Islamic University in Cotabato City, Mindanao, Philippines. Since 1994 he has founded and directed The Islamic Information Center in Dubai, U.A.E. and the Department of Foreign Languages at Dar al Fatah Islamic Press in Sharjah, U.A.E. ' to 'Dr. Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips was born in Kingston, Jamaica, but grew up in Canada where he accepted Islam in 1972. He completed a diploma in Arabic and a B.A. from the College of Theology (Usool-ud-Deen) at the Islamic University of Madeenah in 1979. At the University of Riyadh, College of Education, he completed a M.A. in Islamic Theology in 1985 and in the department of Islamic Studies at the University of Wales, U.K. he also completed a Ph.D. in Islamic Theology in 1994. He taught Islamic Education and Arabic in private schools in Riyadh for over ten years and for the past three years he has been lecturing M.Ed. students in the Islamic Studies department of Shariff Kabunsuan Islamic University in Cotabato City, Mindanao, Philippines. Since 1994 he has founded and directed The Islamic Information Center in Dubai, U.A.E. and the Department of Foreign Languages at Dar al Fatah Islamic Press in Sharjah, U.A.E.

Reviews

[Khalid · Rating 4 out of 5]

The first book I've read of the topic and was not disappointed. It is important even for the males of Muslim families to be, if not knowledgeable, at least familiar with the legal issues regarding menstruation and post-natal bleeding.

The final chapter is applicable to both males and females as it relates to the steps for Wudu' and Ghusl. Consider reading this if you have not read anything at all before regarding the topic. I am quite sure the topic is adequately dealt with in the books of Fiqh.